Machine for making



(No ModeL) J. W. PERKINSV MACHINE FOR MAKING COMPOUND PAPER AND JUTE TWINE.

No. 446,926. Patented Peb,24, 1891.

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iinirnn TATES JAMES WAL'IER PERKINS,

Parana @ri iicno or sen Josh, CALIFORNIA.

MAQHENE FQR MAKlNGQQPGUND PAPER AND JUTE TWENE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,926, dated Fe bruary 2d, 1891.

' Application filed December 6, 1889. Serial No. 382,836 (No model.)

To all whom it Hwy concern:

Belt known that 1, JAMES WAIJTER PER- KINS, a citizen of the United-States, residing in San Jose, in"the county of Santa Claraand State of California, have invented certain improvements in Machines for Making Compound Paper and Jute Twine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machinery for the production and manufacture of a new twine composed of fibrous material, such'as jute or flax and of paper, spunor twisted to-' mechanism the invention embraces a certainnovel construction and combination of threadguiding bars or rolls, a moistening apparatus for the fibrous threads, and the combination of these parts and mechanism with twisting bobbins and fliers producing a machine for manufacturing the twine or cord covered by certain Letters Patent of the United States granted to me on the 9th day August, 1881, N 45,395.

The nature of these improvements and the manner in which I proceed to coustruct,produce, and apply the same will be understood from the following description and the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the cutter-guard.

Letter A indicates the parts of the framework, B the paper in a continuous roll, and U C the cutter by which strip or ribbon of considerable width is divided into a number of continuous narrow strips.

D Diane thread-guiding bars or rolls, and E are bobbins and i filers corresponding in. number the number of paper strips produced by the cutter.

G is a ineist-euing-irough located between the reels, {not f5l10\Vil, from which ti o fibrous threads S are supplied. to the machine and the points at which the paper and the fibrous threads meet and are combinedby twisting, the paper being spun or twisted with and over the fiber.

The cutters C are circular knives fixed on a rotating shaft H'in close order and at regular distancesapart, the spaces between them corresponding to the widths of the paper strips to be produced. The part 0* is a stationary shield of curved shape, with slits in.

through, and it is secured to the frame by suitable fastenings, but is removable when access to the cutters is to be had either for cutters,'in which case another shield will be substituted having slits spaced according to the change in the positionof the cutters on the shaft.

shaft, and by means of suitable gearing all the parts are driven therefrom. The bar D is driven from the shaft (1 through gear-wheels a*,'b", 0*, and 61*, the shaft carrying the roller l through gear-Wheels a*, b 0*, e, and f. The shaft carrying the roller 1 carries a gear wheel h, which meshes with a gear-Wheel on a short shaft 2', which latter also carries a gear-wheel 2?, which meshes into a wheel 75* on a shaft 70. The shaft k carries awheel m, which gears into a wheel at on the cutter-shaft H, which is driventhereby.

l is a guide-roller over which the separate strips of paper pass and are turned down' ward, and J are guide-rollers loosely turning on nearly horizontal studs and set in line with the twisters to turn the paper strips 18* in parallel lines downward. in front of the roller 1 are stationary guide-pins K, set to change the course of the strips and spread them in lines equally divergent toward. the rollers J.

, The bars D are either stationary or are rotating bars or rolls; butiu either form one is not above and soi'newhat ahead of the ether, they are not in contact with each other. T bars are rotated, they are rotated'iu Mary-directions. an additional bar may npioyed, if found necessary, to control c arn or fiber. in the present construccn the bars driven. cm the incipal the upper face for the rotary cutters to set' repairs'or for changing the spacing of the Shaft a of cylinder L may be thedriving- I it a in the manner ove described, and

one bar is geared into the other at the opposite side of the frame by cog-wheels d d, as seen in Fig. 1. In the operation of these spinning bars or rolls, either stationary or rotating, the paper strips in their course from the cutter pass over, and against the front of the upper bar D, and at that point they meet the fiber threads or yarns, which are drawn from reels (not shown) at the back of the machine, and, passing through the moistener G, are carried around a cylinder or large roller L on main shaft (1; or the yarn may first pass around a cylinder Ii", driven by belt from cylinder L before going to the moistener G. The cylinder L* is for the purpose of evening and straightening the yarn, and the cylinder L is for the same purpose and also for giving the moisture an opportunity to be evenly distributed through the body of the yarn before the yarn passes through the succeeding operations. From beneath the cylinder L the yarns pass to the bar D*, where they are turned upward, and thence over the bar I). At the point in front of this top bar the paper strips and fibrous threads are spun or twisted together, and the purpose of the bars is to prevent the yarn or fiber from untwisting before it meets the paper, as in the operation of combining the paper-and fiber to produce the twine the twisters run the reverse of the twist in the yarn.

The bobbins E and fliers 111* are the same as those in general use, and being of wellknown construction it is not necessary to describe or illustrate them in detail.

Those persons familiar with spinning and twisting machinery will understand from the foregoing description and from the drawings forming a part thereof how to combine and arrange for operation such twisting devices with the cutting and spinning mechanisms which constitute the principal features of this invention. In its passage through the trough the yarn is moistened by running in contact with wet sponges 5*, suitable rollers g, turning loosely on the rod 9*, being set in the trough to carry the yarn against the moisteners.

A machine of larger or smaller capacity can be produced by varying the size of the cutting and spinning mechanisms.

The yarn or fiber from which this improved twine is or may be manufactured includes jute, flax, and all such material as has been or may be found suitable for the purpose.

.. .Ily the term twine herein used. to designate the product of this machine it is intended to embrace cord and cordage, the size or thickness of the product being taken into consideration in the construction of the machine.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1-. In a machine for making combination paper and fiber twine or cord, a paper-cutting device adapted to produce a number of continuous strips of paper froma ribbon or wide strip, in combination with thread guiding bars and twisters, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for making combination paper and fiber twine or cord, the combination of a paper-cutting device adapted to separate a ribbon or continuous strip of pa per into narrow strips, paper-guiding rollers, thread-guiding bars or rolls, twisters, and a moisteuing device placed for operation back of the bars and adapted to moisten the thread or yarn before it is twisted with the paper, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for making paper and fiber combination twine or cord, rotating cuttingdisks and a stationary shield with a curved paper-carrying surface having slits for the cutting-disks, as described, in combination with thread-guiding and paper-guiding rollers, bars, 01* rolls, and twisting devices, as set forth. V

4. In a machine for making combination twine of paper and fibrous material, the combination, with the paper-slitting and yarn supplying devices, of a bar I), over which both the yarn and paper pass, and the twisting devices, as set forth.

5. A machine for the manufacture of combination twine or cordage from paper and fiber, consisting, essentially, of a paper-cutting device adapted to produce continuous strips from a ribbon or wide strip of paper, a yarn feeding or supply device, means by which theyarn is dampened, a set of twisters, and a set of bars placed for operation at the point where the paper and yarn are spun or twisted together, combined for operation as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

JAMES WALTER PERKINS. [13. 5,]

IVitnesses:

B. L. RYDER, W. STONE. 

